'APRIL; 17. 1951 Nlttany rFip l mjpress Navy After, taking a gping over at the hands' of Navy’s: -football.team; in. a scrimmage Saturday afternoon, the Nittany Lipngridders re-' turned to hard practice yesterday, fully aware that they Will have' to improve before the season opens in September or face “a long-’ hard fall.” ‘ ;,V : Coach. Rip Engle,expressed di ing . at Annapolis',vSatu?3fiy.' No official-"score -was 'announced.- ‘*' “The results" were pretty ;dis couraging. Especially after we found out that Villanova (who the Lions afe -scheduled to meet next fall) defeated Navy just last week,” Engle said. Defense Best “The offense did not show.any thing. Our defensive .play' was the best—considering the time; put into it in practice,” .Engle con tinued. The Lions have been work ing almost exclusively on offen sive play. “We . were encouraged by a lot of things we saw and then again we were discouraged with some other things." The scrimmage with ,: marked the end ,of a six week training; period for the Midship men who had- already been in a bouple of scrimmages. The Nit jany gridders are just winding up 'heir third week of spring prae ■ice. ;■ Subsiiiule Freely Both coaches substituted freely luring the contest which: lasted bnger than a regulation game- • The play of the offensive line ailed to impress Engle, as the Navy defenders continually rush id the Lion quarterbacks, who had ■ ome five or six. passes inter •epted. • . 1 “The line blocking wasn’t very iood,” commented Engle. , j The Lion coach would comment mly on one .individual perfor mance—that of quarterback Frank llinana, frosh signal caller last • Eason. . . | Of Minana, Engle Would say irmly, “his showing was the:most - impressive among the quarter slacks.” "jSrkskineTo Pitch * Opener For Bums r BROOKLYN, April 16— (£>)— "Carl Erskine, 24-year-old right- V.hander, was nominated today by ■ Brooklyn manager Charlie Dres ■ sen to pitch the opening game against the Philadelphia Phillies tomorrow. Erskine replaces Don Newcombe, who complained of a • sore elbow. Slack JAMBOREE $513 700% GABARDINE Open Monday and Friday ’til9 P. M. 112 S. FRAZIER ST., NEXT DOOR TO CITY, HALL is.appointment in ; the Lions’ ,show- ! Pirates Defeat Cincinnati, 4-3 •; CINCINNATI, ApriLdSg^)—A; pair .of -southpaws—Cliff Cham-! bers and Willie Werle^—were the best .polar bears today' as they hurled Pittsburgh- to a frigid 4-Sj victory over Cincinnati in the opening game of the' National 'league’s . 76th.- season. ..... •, An overflow crowd of 30,441, over coated and blanketed, saw the Pirates tee off oh Ewell Blackwell in a. hurry and then nurse their margin all. the way; . There ;tW%e.;snow fjurries; hnd the only "time the . sun' peeped through the clouds was just' bet fore Bobby Usher, the game’s “goat,”. flied out to end the /Con test with two Redlegs on base., , Chambers . haci the Reds well subdued through the. first four innings but he began io weaken— or maybe it was freeze up—in the fifth. He finally had to': ; be re-r lieved ' by - Werle ,-in, the . sevepth when the Reds pulled within'orte run of a tie. ; PITTSBURGH AB ' R H 6. A Drllinirer,3b 5 0 2 0 5 Metkovich.ef . 5 1 3 5 1 Bell.rf 4 1 .0 3 0 Kiner,lb - 3"' 0 1 10 6 Westlake,lf; 4 12 0 0 Strickland,ss 4 1 2 .1 '6 Baspall,2b < 0 0 .4 U McCullough,c 3 0 1- 4. 0 Chambers.p 2 6 :1 .0 ......6 Werle,p 1 6~ 0 0 .0 Totals . 34- 4 12 27- ; 12 CINCINNATI AB R H, O A Adams,2b - 4 0 .* 0‘ 4’ 4 Usher, c£ B 0 1 3 0 Wyrostek,rf 4 6 0 ' v o ■ 0 Klussewski,lb 4 -.6 2“ \ 9 0 Adcock,lf' 4 0 1 0 0 Scheffin(r,e -4 11 6 2 Hatton,3b 4 1 , 2,2 ,2 SUllcup,ss 4 .0: 13 1 Blackweil,p 0 6 0 0 1, A—Meeks : . 1 6 6 6.0 Perkowski,p . - - 0 0 6 0 1 1- 6 6 6- 0 Fox.p , 0 0. 0 0 .1 C —Ryan 0 1: - 0 0 : '0 Smith.p. 0 0 . 6 0 . 0 D—Howell 1. 0 1 6 0 E—McMillan 0 6 0 0"0 ! Totals ;. 36 3 9 27 ; 12 A—grounded out for Blackwell in 3rd. B—flied out for Perkowski in sth, C—walked for Fox in 7th. Dr-singled for Smith in 9th . E—ran for Howell In 9th, Pittsburgh ' 013 Cincinnati 000 610 E—Kiner, McCullough, Usher 2. RBI— Westlake, Strickland,. Chambers, -Usher 2,. Hatton. 2B — : Metkovich, Strickland, •Dill inprer, Hatton 2, Usher, Scheffing. BROWN BLUE GREY Means STRIKING VALUES THE,D/iTLY. COLLEGIAN,. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Ithaca 9Next Test For State 'After the wash-out of the doubleheader with the George town Hoyas last- Saturday, the Lion baseball team is anxious to get bac k. on the victory road again Thursday when- they-take on the Ithaca college Bombers. in a contest scheduled for 3:30' at the New? Beaver, diamond. , Nittany Coach Joe Bedenk plans no lirie-up changes, for the game,- which will include Sticking with southpaw Owen Dougherty as his starting hurler. Dougherty opened' the Georgetown- battle last Friday' in ? which; he retired two- batters, and had, a -three and two. count on the third man when rain put a halt to the afternoon’s activities. Th e ' Bombers, ' an all-veteran nine,' won-11 out of 13 contests agai n s t collegiate-- competition last spring under Coach Bucky Freeman. However, since the be ginning of f spring practice': this year," Freeman has, been seriously ill- in the.,lthaca -hospital, and as sistant coach Joe Hamilton has taken over as acting mentor.. _ Before the Ithacans , arrive in State College, they , have a sche duled game With.. Wilkes ' college in Wilkes Barre, Pa., tomorrow. . Cage Representatives Left-hander Ronnie' : Cole, the Bomber first-baseman, A 1 Gil berti, the .'third-Sackeiy'-and Dick Osmer,' centerfielder, are' also members of the basketball - squad which-played here last winter in the opening tilt against ! the Lions: -.- - .'. -: ■ On Saturday, the - diamondmen meet the Gettysburg "Bullets,.-the squad coached by Ira Plank; ex major league performer for the Philadelphia Athletics; : - 000 000-f* All-Veteran Nine A Common-Expression In Town and On Campus "You Can Get If at Metzgers" Sporting Goods Bargains Galore I Lei baseball gloves Beautiful nylon sweaters All wool colored sport socks f Lot rain hats I Lot sport shirts I Lot sport hats I Lot tennis racquets— Wilson/Spaulding I Lot golf bags I Lot soiled P.S. shirts I Lot golf* head covers I Lot Stationery A FEW ODDS AND ENDS IN FISHING TACKLE SEE YOU TODAY. . . Rain, Cold Weather Slow Lion Track Time Finals Neither rfiin nor extreme cold could keep Nittany trackmen from their appointed rounds on the . cinders last Saturday, but the elements did combine to cut. anywhere from five to ten seconds from time trial performances. The trials were held in a marrow-piercing cold and a .raia Which left the track spongy and. without spring. They were concentrated on running since no field men except outstanding performers will pete until in the season opening Pehn .Relays, April 27-28. Mile Run Keenest competition developed in the mile run as Was expected. Of 20 runners in the race, over half. ran within ten yards of each other for three-quarters of a mile.' ' Mitten qlad because of the cold, BillAshenfelter : finally pulled away from frosh. Don Bagby who ran . shoulder-to-shoulder with Ash for a. half-mile. Then in the stretch Big Bill sprinted past Bob Parsons to win in '4:31. ' ' Parsons took second, followed by Don Ashenfelter Whose closing kick secured hiiri the third spot. Jack Horner finished fourth with Bagby next and Pete SarantopOu los the fifth varsity runner to cross the line. .The first six finishers : were clocked around 4:33 which bodes wCll for the four mile relay team. Late arriving Bob Freebairn ripped off a fast 4:24 mile paced by- Bill and Don Ash who each fan a half mile. Bob poured on a 60-66 half -mile pace then-closed out With 69-69 second quarters. Freshman - Ollie Sax, New Jer sey high school sensation,- stole the show: from the sprinters as he won both heats of the 660. , Stepping the first 440 yards in 54.5 the heavy. but powerful, Sax finished the 660 in 1:25 to beat . . . plus a bunch of junk Shop at METZGER'S By JAKE HIGHTON out John Lauer who was clocked in 1:26.5. Bill Kilmer took third. ' In the second heat the order of finish was the same: Sax, Lauer, and Kilmer, with Sax sprinting past Lauer in the stretch to win. The time was a slower 1:27. . In the 880, Dave Pierson edged Guy Kay to win in 2:03. - Lou Gamlich and Bill Lockhart nailed down the third and fourth po sitions. • Weather, held-, down high jumper Jim Herb to 5’9”. arid Owen Wilkenson to 12’ in the pole vault. Cards Send Jones Back to Rochester ST. LOUIS, April 16—(/P)—First baseman Nippy Jones, who played with the St, Louis Cardinals dur [ ing exhibition games, is being re turned to Rochester, the club an nounced today. The Cardinals indicated that Jones .might be added to the Red bird roster if he does well with the. farm club. . Steve' Bilko is • expected to handle the first base job, assisted by Don Bollweg and Glenn Nel son, ' , . At the same time the Cardinals announced that Manager Marty Marion is being placed in the dis abled list. WERE NOW 6.25 7.50 1.50 . . . 2.25 1.95 to 2.50 1,00 to 1.75 25% Off 30% Off 40% Off 20% Off 3 btfxes for $l.OO pags «a« 3.95 4.75 3 for 1.95 1.75 3 for 2.95 .50
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